• Daniel Alfredsson #11 of the Detroit Red Wings takes the ice prior to the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    Daniel Alfredsson #11 of the Detroit Red Wings takes the ice prior to the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
  • Detroit Red Wings salute the fans after losing 3-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    Detroit Red Wings salute the fans after losing 3-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
  • A mad scramble in front of Jonathan Bernier #45 of the Toronto Maple Leafs leads to a snow storm in the second period during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    A mad scramble in front of Jonathan Bernier #45 of the Toronto Maple Leafs leads to a snow storm in the second period during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
  • Coach Randy Carlyle of the Toronto Maple Leafs watches the action against the Detroit Red Wings in the first period of the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    Coach Randy Carlyle of the Toronto Maple Leafs watches the action against the Detroit Red Wings in the first period of the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
  • Detroit Red Wings fans cheer as their team takes the ice to play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL Winter Classic on Wednesday at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Jamie Sabau/Getty Images
    Detroit Red Wings fans cheer as their team takes the ice to play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL Winter Classic on Wednesday at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Jamie Sabau/Getty Images
  • Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings and Nazem Kadri #43 of the Toronto Maple Leafs face off during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Toronto won the game 3-2 in a shootout. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings and Nazem Kadri #43 of the Toronto Maple Leafs face off during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Toronto won the game 3-2 in a shootout. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
  • Coach Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings watches the action during the second period of the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    Coach Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings watches the action during the second period of the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
  • Morgan Rielly #44 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Niklas Kronwall #55 of the Detroit Red Wings battle for the puck in the first period during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    Morgan Rielly #44 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Niklas Kronwall #55 of the Detroit Red Wings battle for the puck in the first period during the NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

In pictures: NHL Winter Classic sets attendance record


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Tyler Bozak scored the winning shootout goal to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory over Detroit at the snowy NHL Winter Classic in front of the largest crowd to watch a hockey game. The announced attendance Wednesday of 105,591 surpassed the 104,173 who watched the University of Michigan and Michigan State University play a college hockey game in the same college football stadium in 2010.